Metropolitan Dade County v. Colina

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• county's negligence in failing to repair stoplight merely provided occasion for negligence of drivers who caused accident
• where driver attempted to cross an intersection without yielding to oncoming cars while traffic signal was malfunctioning, any negligence on Dade County's part simply provided the occasion for the driver's actions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Goldberg v. Florida Power & Light Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-04-07· cited 58×
• Department of Transp. v. Anglin
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-02-05· cited 45×
• Palm Beach County Bd. of Com'rs v. Salas
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-07-13· cited 20×
• St. Fort v. Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-05-18· cited 18×
• Borges v. Jacobs
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-02-11· cited 13×
• Levy v. Florida Power & Light Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-09-19· cited 11×
• Anglin v. ST. OF FLA. DEPT. OF TRANSP.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-07-02· cited 9×
• The City of Ocala v. Graham
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-01-02· cited 8×
• Derrer v. Georgia Elec. Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-11-01· cited 7×
• Gibbs v. Hernandez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-03-13· cited 7×
• Florida Power & Light Co. v. Goldberg
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-10-01· cited 7×
• Riedel v. Sheraton Bal Harbour Assoc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-11-07· cited 5×
• Metropolitan Dade County v. Tribble
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-02-09· cited 3×
• Clark v. L. & A. CONTRACTING COMPANY
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-12-09· cited 3×
• Our Lady of Divine Providence Catholic Church v. City of Sweetwater
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-01-07· cited 3×
• Wright v. Metropolitan Dade County
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-08-08· cited 2×
• Beyer ex rel. Beyer v. Nelson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-09-16· cited 1×
• Pearce ex rel. Pearce v. State, Department of Transportation
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-09-09· cited 1×
• Ruiz v. Taracomo Townhomes Condominium Ass'n
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-04-26· cited 1×
• Black v. City of Pompano Beach
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-10-11

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stahl v. Metropolitan Dade County
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-06-07· cited 126×
• Pope v. Cruise Boat Co., Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-03-11· cited 30×
• Banat v. Armando
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-04-12· cited 19×
• Memorial Park, Inc. v. Spinelli
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-02-11· cited 19×
• Carr v. Shirland Township
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-12-13· cited 19×
• Lytle v. City of Newark
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1979-01-30· cited 18×
• MacNeill v. Neal
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-10-01· cited 8×
• Fonda v. City of Mesa
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1969-07-09· cited 3×
• Dade County Metropolitan Transit Authority v. Even
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-05-30· cited 3×
• Gordon's Tractor Service, Inc. v. Bilello
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-09-03· cited 3×